Hame.



` PATBNTED 00T. s, 1905.

G. B. HOCH.

HAME.

APPLIOATION FILED M3022, 1904.

mog/ver UNITED sTATns PATENT OFFICE.

HANIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 3, 1905.

Application ned December 22,1904. serai No. 237,920.

To @ZZ whom, it may concern.'

Beit known that I, GARRICK BR'INTON Hoon, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Freeland, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Haines, of which the following' is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to hames for heavy draft-harness, and has for its object to provide novel draft attachments for the wooden bodies of a pair of hames that greatly strengthen them, distribute draft strain equally upon the hames, and facilitate the disconnection of the draft-tug connections from the hames and also the breast-rings therefrom when their worn-out condition necessitates replacement with new ones.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts, as is hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a perspective view of the invention applied upon one of a pair of'hames mounted upon a horse-collarl and a draft tug-strap or front end of a trace engaged with a detail of the improvement. Fig. 2 is a front view 'of the improved draft attachment mounted upon an enlarged hame shown broken away above said attachment. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view substantially on the line 3 3 in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view substantially on the line 4 4 in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a novel construction of pintle-bolt employed, and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a draft-hook which may be employed.

To show the advantages of the improvement, it maybe explained that a pair of heavy drafthames constructed in the ordinary way are each provided with a draft-hook secured on the wooden body of the hame by a flat looped staple that is inserted through transverse perforations in the hame and secured therein by washers on the limbs ofthe hames, the ends of said limbs being riveted over the washers, and breast-chain-connecting rings are secu red on the hames by mounting them on the staples. The hard service to which the hooks and rings are subjected wears them out in a comparatively short time, and the hames are also injured by wear and unequal draft strain due tothe manner in which the draft-hooks are connected with them, as the pulling strain on the securing-staples is liable to split the hames, as well as wear away the rear edges of the hames where the tug-strap hooks rub upon them. The improved means for connecting the tug-straps with the hames distributes the draft strain over the entire Width of the hames and also imposes a major portion of the pull upon the forward edges of the same, thus serving to greatly increase the durability of the hames. Furthermore, provision is made for the quick and convenient removal of worn-out tug-strap connections and breastrings that require renewal, thus lengthening the period of effective service for the hames and their improved connections.

The hames shown at 10 are formed of wood, having the usual shape for engagement with a horse-collar A, and preferably the front and rear edges c a' of each hame of a pair are beveled from their front faces rearward and outward, the rear edge a receiving a reinforcing-V strap 10a, of metal, that is secured thereon by rivets or like means, the strap on each hame terminating at Ithe lower end in an eye I), carrying a ring for the reception of a doubled strap 10", that secures the lower ends of the hames upon the collar A in the ordinary way.

Upon the fiat front face of each hame lO a bracket-plate 11 is seated at a point suitably removed from the lower end thereof, and upon the forward edge of the bracket-plate an integral flange l1 is formed, which is extended above and below the bracket-plate and is seated upon the forward beveled edge a of the hame-body. At the longitudinal center of the flange 11 a hook member 11b is formed thereon, which laps upon the rear face of the hame, as is clearly shown in Fig. 3, and in service the hook member hugs the bracket-plate ll closely upon the hame when the ange il is secured upon the edge a of the hame by rivets e. Upon the bracket-plate 11, preferably at an equal distance from the longitudinal center thereof, two similar ears 11 are formed or secured and project therefrom in parallel planes, said ears being perforated centrally and transversely in alinement.

A pintle-bolt l2 is provided which fits 'm the alined perforations in the ears 11c and is furnished with a head 12 on one end and a thread on the opposite end, whereon a nut 12" is IOO screwed when the pintle-bolt is inserted for service.

On the bolt 12 a clevis 13 is loosely mounted, the members of which have eyes Z formed on its ends, through which the bolt passes, the head 12'l bearing on one ear when the nut 12" is screwed into engagement with the other ear. A washer 14 is mounted upon the pintlebolt 12 between the integral ears (l when the clevis 13 is placed in position for service, and, as indicated in Figs. 3 and et, the limbs of said clevis are bent laterally, the concave sides thereof lyingl adjacent to the strap 10", thus affording clearance for the clevis 13 from the hame upon which it is mounted when the tugstrap B is connected therewith and subjected to draft strain.

One end of the bracket-plate 11 is secured upon the haine 10, upon which it is mounted, by a rivet n', that passes through it into the hanne, this rivet, together with the similar rivet e in the flange 11, serving to fasten the draft attachment upon the hanne, as before mentioned.

The head 12a of the pintle-bolt 12 is in the form of an elongated block formed on one end of the bolt and having a slot /z/ in its lower side that inclines therefrom toward the free or outer end of the head, as is clearly shown in Fig. the open end ofthe slot being closed by the contact of the lower side of the head upon the face of the bracket-plate upon which it seats.

Upon the end of the bracket-plate 11., which affords a scat for the head 12 of the bolt 12, two ribs i are formed longitudinally, these parallel ribs being spaced apart a suitable distance to permit the bolt-head to lit loosely between them when thc bolt is inserted through the cars 1 1 and eyes (Z and intervening washer .ln the slot /L is loosely fitted a closed breastring 15 before the bolt 12 is slid into place, and, as shown in Figs. 2 and et, said breastring rests upon the ribs when the parts of the attachment are assembled for use.

It will be seen that as there is a like attachment provided for each of a pair of hames the tug-straps B, each liaving the usual clipband B on its end and furnished with a looped end B2, may be readily connected with the clevis 13 if the latter is disconnected from the ears 11c and has a limb thereof passed through the looped end of the clip-band and again connected with the ears on the bracket-plate 11, as already explained.

1n use draft strain applied upon the clevis 13 will be distributed throughout the area of the bracket-plate 11 upon the hame 10, and as the flange 11iL on the bracket-plate is furnished with the hook member 11b it will be evident that the pulling strain will be largely imposed upon the concave edge of each hame, so that there can be no splitting of the hannes.

lt will be noted that the introduction of the washer 14 between the eyes d will prevent the limbs of the clevis 13 from shifting on the bolt 12 or being bent. Furthermore, the pull on the limbs of the clevis is away from the hames and avoids inju ry thereto.

In case the eyes of the clevis 13 wear upon the pintle-bolts 12 so as to require a renewal of the clevis or of the pintle-bolts this may be quickly effected in an obvious manner, and the breast-rings 15, if worn so as to be unsafe, may be readily removed by a displacement of the pintle-bolts 12 and their rengagement with the eyes d after an exchange of new rings for worn-out ones has been made.

ln Fig. 6 is shown a draft-hook 16, that is of well-known form and that may be substituted for the clevis 13, said hook having an elongated cylindrical hub m, that is centrally bored for the reception of the pintlc-bolt- 12. The hub of the hook is placed in position between the ears 11", having the hook-nose 1G turned up, so as to permit a reliable hooked engagement with the looped end B2 of a clipband B on a respective tug-strap B, and thus connect the harness-traces, of which the tugstraps are the forward ends, with the collar A and hames thereon for service.

Having thus described my invention, l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent"- 1. The combination with a pair of haines, of a bracket-plate for each haine, seated and sccured on the front face thereof, an integral flange on one edge of the bracket-plate, adapted for engaging the concave forward edge of said haine, a hook on thc flange that engages the rear side of the hamc when the bracketplate and flange are mounted upon the haine, and means for detachably connecting' the bracket-plate with a harness tug-strap or trace.

2. rl`he combination with a hanne, a bracketplate seated upon the front face of the haine, and spaced ears on the front face of the bracket-plate, said ears having alined perforations, of a clevis having eyes on its ends which lit loosely between the ears, a pintle-bolt passing through said ears and eyes, an elongated head on one end of the bolt having a slot therein, ribs on the bracket-plate between which the head is seated, a breast-ring held in the slot by contact with the ribs, means for holding the bolt in place, and means for securing the bracket-plate on the haine.

3. The combination with a pair of hannes, a bracket-plate seated upon the fiat front face of each hanne, two spaced and perforated ears on the bracket-plate, a clevis having spaced limbs that terminate in perforated eyes, said eyes occupying' space between the ears, a pintle-bolt threaded at one end, a nut screwing on said end, a head on the opposite end of the bolt, two parallel ribs on the bracket-plate between which the bolt-head slides, said head having a slot extended from the lower edge thereof, a breast-ring engaging the slot and IOD IIO

seated upon the ribs when said ring and bolt are in place, and means for securing the bracketplate on the hame.

4. The combination with a hame, a bracket' plate thereon, an elongated flange on one edge of the plate, engaged with the bevel edge of the hame, an integral hook member on the flange that engages the opposite side of the hame near its edge, and means for securing the bracket-plate and flange on the hame, ot' spaced and perforated ears on the bracketplate, a pintle-bolt securablein the ears, ahead on the bolt, having a diagonal slot therein, a breast-ring detachably held in said slot, and means for engaging the pintle-bolt between the ears on the bracket-plate for connecting the hame with the draft member of a harness.

5. In a device of the character described, the bracket-plate having an elongated concave curved flange extended at an angle from one side edge thereof for attachment upon the Y concaved edge of the hame, and the flat hook member extended below the bracket-plate and spaced therefrom by the ange.

6. In a device of the character described, the bracket-plate having spaced perforated ears thereon, the pintle-bolt engaging the ears, the elongated parallel-sided head on the bolt having a diagonal slot therein extended from the edge that seats upon the bracketplate, the parallel ribs on said bracket-plate between which the bolt-head slides, the breastring engaging the diagonal slot and seated upon the ribs, and a nut on the opposite end of the bolt.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GARRICK BRIN TON HOCH.

Witnesses:

DANIEL KLINE, S. S. HEss. 

